Comments on Julot: Ze Blog: Ledoyen : inside the noodle castle

Oh, I was the victim of the "eternal spring of bot...

2009-02-09T02:18:00.000+01:00

Oh, I was the victim of the "eternal spring of bottled water" scam last week here in Singapore. TWO members in our group (of nine) were offered "still or sparkling". When the bill came, we had paid $53for five bottles of water. Would you believe it - three-course lunch menus only cost $40!

This is an outrage and must be stopped. It is exploitation of the worst sort. I must say that

Hi Julian, Actually, the quality of ingredients wa...

2009-01-29T16:21:00.000+01:00

Hi Julian,

Actually, the quality of ingredients was comparable -- the truffle was better at Ledoyen but this is not the same season so that comparison is somewhat unfair.

The Piège dish at les Ambassadeurs is impressive but not really good, because it lacks crisp or crunch and it lacks peps. By adding the parmesan tuile and the onion fondue on top, under the truffle, le Squer

Julien,Thank you again for another excellent repor...

2009-01-29T02:09:00.000+01:00

Julien,

Thank you again for another excellent report.

I was hoping that you could expand on the differences between Le Squer's and Piege's interpretation of the oeuf fermier dish; was it only in the quality of ingredients, or was it also seasoning, other factors?